Reflex rhinorrhea after a right caudate infarct.
After a right caudate infarct, a 57-year-old man developed a left reflex rhinorrhea induced by gustation. Since data from the blink reflex and facial electrodiagnosis were normal, a disinhibitory response from caudate nucleus to superior salivatory nucleus is proposed.
Chen
W H
WH
Department of Neurology, Kaohisung Medical College Hospital, Taiwan.
Chen
J J
JJ
Lan
M Y
MY
D002421:Caudate Nucleus; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology*; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*